Nitrogen flow through the food web in the oligohaline zone of a New England estuary

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 433-452

  Hughes, Jeffrey E ^a   Deegan, Linda A ^a   Peterson, Bruce J ^a   Holmes, Robert M ^a   Fry, Brian ^b,c  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

15N tracer; Actinocyclus normanii; Benthivore; Copepod; Detritus; Diatom; Food web; Intertidal; Macrofauna; Nitrogen; Oligohaline zone; Planktivore

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; NITROGEN; TRACER;

MASSACHUSETTS; PARKER RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOCYCLUS NORMANII; ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANNELIDA; ANTHURIDAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; COPEPODA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; CRANGON SEPTEMSPINOSA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; ISOPODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PISCES; POLYCHAETA; SPIONIDAE;

EID: 0033923553     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0433:NFTTFW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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